Thursday, August 15, 2013

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Irish Beach

As mentioned, we spent our anniversary weekend holed up in a Beach House in the tiny TINY town of Irish Beach, on Northern California's Mendocino Coast.
It was a fantastic weekend.




The weather for most of the weekend was perfectly foggy.  Can't-see-100-yards-in-front-of-you foggy. We were prepared for that kind of weather, though, so we reveled in it.



We walked on the beach with coffee in the morning (read: my "happy place"), we listened to music, read books and magazines, built a fire, laughed a ton, sang loudly and played the guitar, considered investing in beach-front property...



...explored the beach house and found awesome gems like the book below...


...popped a bottle of our wedding champagne (along with several other local liquids)...

Honeymoon cocktail recreated

...wandered around the first night with nowhere to eat dinner since all the places closed at 7pm (so funny!)...finally found an Indian Casino, ate dinner, lost $1 in betting...


The next night we were better prepared and found a cute market where we bought all we needed for a home-cooked beach house meal.


It was so refreshing.  I want to go back.
Cheers to four years!

Monday, August 12, 2013

Rejuvenate 2

Still thinking about what an awesome weekend we spent along the Mendocino Coast for our anniversary last month.




That was the best.
More to share later.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Rejuvenate

It's been a really busy couple of weeks at work, and I've left each night feeling drained.  Today, though, I met a few deadlines and decided to blow off some steam in the Presidio.

Runs like this remind me how awesome this city is.


I wish I could transfer the smells of the redwood and eucalyptus trees along with these photos.


The Ridge and Coastal Trails are pretty spectacular.
Feeling much more relaxed tonight.

Happy Friday tomorrow!


Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Snippets of San Francisco

Some snapshots from around the city this summer:

Crissy Field Sailboats
Pacific Heights

Ferry Building

Walking Home From Work
Crissy Field Picnic
Seacliff
Noe Valley
Morning Run
Downtown View
North Beach